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A Day at Conservation Fisheries

  • July 6, 2018
  • Elgin Akin
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#20YearsDiscovering, Internships, Science
DLIA interns toured the facility of Conservation Fisheries, a Knoxville based non-profit “dedicated to the preservation of aquatic biodiversity.” The work of Conservation Fisheries focuses on the dozens of diminutive, and sometimes colorful, freshwater fish species found throughout rivers and streams of the southeast. These fish have become imperiled due […]
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Flight of the (Synchronous) Fireflies

  • June 12, 2018
  • Wyatt
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For about 3 weeks in June, swarms of Photinus carolinus mask the forests in the Smoky Mountains with a soft yellow haze. Fireflies from all around gather at an elevation of about 2,100 feet and perform for not only each other, but the entire park. Fireflies are not flies at […]
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20 Years Discovering: Neophylax kolodskii

  • May 22, 2018
  • Wyatt
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  To celebrate #20YearsDiscovering with Great Smoky Mountains National Park, we’re sharing a genus of caddisfly with you this week! Neophylax kolodskii was named in honor of Park Ranger Joe Kolodski, who was shot and killed while on duty. The description was published in 2000, by Charles Parker, former USGS employee stationed in […]
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20 Years Discovering: Observations from a Smokies Study Plot

  • May 22, 2018
  • Wyatt
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  “Each year at this time, colleague Kyle Dexter and I (together with the most amazing set of hard-working volunteers and field friends) escape to collect data on a one-hectare long term study plot nestled in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, under the tallest canopy in eastern North America (it’s […]
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20 Years Discovering: Draparnaldia appalachiana

  • May 22, 2018
  • Wyatt
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  Draparnaldia is a widespread genus of charismatic freshwater green algae. The genus contains many endemic or restricted-distribution species. In 2004, algologists conducting research in Great Smoky Mountains National Park as part of the ATBI discovered a distinctive population of Draparnaldia in Cades Cove. It was distinctly different than the other three […]
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